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Competitive examinations on 13-14 June produced the following list of successful candidates for cadetships, presented here in order of merit.<ref>"Naval Cadetships".  ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle'', (Portsmouth, England) 8 July, 1893.  p. 5.</ref>  Those marked with an asterisk were prepared by Mr. Montagu H. Foster of Stubbington House School.
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Competitive examinations on 13-14 June produced the following list of successful candidates for cadetships, presented here in order of merit.<ref>"Naval Cadetships".  ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle'', (Portsmouth, England) 8 July, 1893.  p. 5.</ref>   
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The prior education (and marks obtained) noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle'', e.g. 30 Jun 1894, p. 4.
  
 
# [[Leslie Drew Fisher]]
 
# [[Leslie Drew Fisher]]
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# [[George Lawrence Massey]]
 
# [[George Lawrence Massey]]
 
# [[Cyril St. Clair Cameron]]
 
# [[Cyril St. Clair Cameron]]
# [[Eric Walter Harbord]]*
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# [[Eric Walter Harbord]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1613
# [[Ruric Henry Waring]]*
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# [[Ruric Henry Waring]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1594
 
# [[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton]]
 
# [[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton]]
 
# [[Reginald Ernest Marcon]] "Marion" in the source
 
# [[Reginald Ernest Marcon]] "Marion" in the source
 
# [[Francis George Gillilan Chilton]]
 
# [[Francis George Gillilan Chilton]]
# [[Charles Stuart Forbes]]*
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# [[Charles Stuart Forbes]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1506
 
# [[Charles Rodney Blane, Fourth Baronet|Charles Rodney Blane]] "Bland" in the source
 
# [[Charles Rodney Blane, Fourth Baronet|Charles Rodney Blane]] "Bland" in the source
# [[William Henry Philpot Bourne]]*
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# [[William Henry Philpot Bourne]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1435
 
# [[Henry Coulson Bridges]]
 
# [[Henry Coulson Bridges]]
 
# [[Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn]]
 
# [[Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn]]
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# [[Charles Ewer Cundall]]
 
# [[Charles Ewer Cundall]]
 
# [[John Claud Cole-Hamilton]]
 
# [[John Claud Cole-Hamilton]]
# [[Henry George Homer Adams]]*
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# [[Henry George Homer Adams]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1385
 
# [[Alexander Robinson Palmer]]
 
# [[Alexander Robinson Palmer]]
 
# "Ward" (I have no good guess)
 
# "Ward" (I have no good guess)
# [[Longuet Macdonald Darbyshire]]*
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# [[Longuet Macdonald Darbyshire]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1359
 
# [[Charles Wolfran Round-Turner]]
 
# [[Charles Wolfran Round-Turner]]
 
# [[Archibald Campbell Goolden]]
 
# [[Archibald Campbell Goolden]]
 
# [[Henry Percy Smyth-Osbourne]]
 
# [[Henry Percy Smyth-Osbourne]]
 
# [[George Johnstone]]
 
# [[George Johnstone]]
# [[John Leslie Whitehead Allison]]*
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# [[John Leslie Whitehead Allison]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1317
# [[Arthur Edwin Hale Ley]]*
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# [[Arthur Edwin Hale Ley]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1306
 
# [[Stanley Tunstal Haverfield Wilton]]
 
# [[Stanley Tunstal Haverfield Wilton]]
# [[Godfrey Francis William Grayson]]*
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# [[Godfrey Francis William Grayson]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1296
 
# [[Robert Candlish Hocking]]
 
# [[Robert Candlish Hocking]]
 
# [[Arthur Vivian Whitehead]]
 
# [[Arthur Vivian Whitehead]]
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# [[George Percy Legard]]
 
# [[George Percy Legard]]
 
# "Judd" (I have no good idea)
 
# "Judd" (I have no good idea)
# [[Percival Scott Rickcord]]*
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# [[Percival Scott Rickcord]], {{PS-Stubbington}}1250
# [[Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant]]*
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# [[Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1248
 
# [[Marcus Knox Johnson]] ("Johnston" in the source)
 
# [[Marcus Knox Johnson]] ("Johnston" in the source)
 
# [[Philip Henry White]]
 
# [[Philip Henry White]]
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# [[Archibald Charles Cole]]
 
# [[Archibald Charles Cole]]
 
# [[Malcolm Henry Somerled Macdonald]]
 
# [[Malcolm Henry Somerled Macdonald]]
# [[William Henry Strickland Ball]]
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# [[William Henry Strickland Ball]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1218
 
# [[Charles Henry Davey]] ("Davy")
 
# [[Charles Henry Davey]] ("Davy")
 
# [[Cospatrick Philip Brooke Dundas]]
 
# [[Cospatrick Philip Brooke Dundas]]
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# [[Geoffrey Mackworth]] ("Macworth")
 
# [[Geoffrey Mackworth]] ("Macworth")
 
# [[John Smythe Harris]]
 
# [[John Smythe Harris]]
# [[Arthur Leslie Gresson]]*
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# [[Arthur Leslie Gresson]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1169
# [[John Arthur Fellows]]*
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# [[John Arthur Fellows]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1166
# "Jones"* -- [[James Jones]] or [[Edward Raynon Jones]]
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# [[Edward Raynon Jones]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1164
# [[Francis Mary Hodgson]]*
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# [[Francis Mary Hodgson]], 1163
 
# [[William Cadman]]
 
# [[William Cadman]]
 
# [[John Hugh Bainbridge (b)|John Hugh Bainbridge]]
 
# [[John Hugh Bainbridge (b)|John Hugh Bainbridge]]
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The Stubbington House advertisement also indicates that [[J M Willcocks]] was 64th place with 1128 marks and [[P H Gordon]] 66th place with 1126 marks.
  
 
The Service Records of the following men may indicate that they were also part of this term:
 
The Service Records of the following men may indicate that they were also part of this term:
* [[John Mayer Willcocks]]
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* [[John Mayer Willcocks]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 64th place 1128
 
* [[Ernest Courthorpe Bosanquet]]
 
* [[Ernest Courthorpe Bosanquet]]
* [[Percy Hugh Gordon]]
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* [[Percy Hugh Gordon]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 66th place 1126
 
* [[Aubrey Lambert]]
 
* [[Aubrey Lambert]]
 
* [[Bertram William Lothian Nicholson]]
 
* [[Bertram William Lothian Nicholson]]

Revision as of 12:05, 28 August 2019

Competitive examinations on 13-14 June produced the following list of successful candidates for cadetships, presented here in order of merit.[1]

The prior education (and marks obtained) noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, e.g. 30 Jun 1894, p. 4.

  1. Leslie Drew Fisher
  2. Joseph Charles Walrond Henley
  3. George Lawrence Massey
  4. Cyril St. Clair Cameron
  5. Eric Walter Harbord, (Stubbington House School) 1613
  6. Ruric Henry Waring, (Stubbington House School) 1594
  7. Edward Astley Astley-Rushton
  8. Reginald Ernest Marcon "Marion" in the source
  9. Francis George Gillilan Chilton
  10. Charles Stuart Forbes, (Stubbington House School) 1506
  11. Charles Rodney Blane "Bland" in the source
  12. William Henry Philpot Bourne, (Stubbington House School) 1435
  13. Henry Coulson Bridges
  14. Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn
  15. Wion de Malpas Egerton
  16. Hugh Seymour
  17. Charles Ewer Cundall
  18. John Claud Cole-Hamilton
  19. Henry George Homer Adams, (Stubbington House School) 1385
  20. Alexander Robinson Palmer
  21. "Ward" (I have no good guess)
  22. Longuet Macdonald Darbyshire, (Stubbington House School) 1359
  23. Charles Wolfran Round-Turner
  24. Archibald Campbell Goolden
  25. Henry Percy Smyth-Osbourne
  26. George Johnstone
  27. John Leslie Whitehead Allison, (Stubbington House School) 1317
  28. Arthur Edwin Hale Ley, (Stubbington House School) 1306
  29. Stanley Tunstal Haverfield Wilton
  30. Godfrey Francis William Grayson, (Stubbington House School) 1296
  31. Robert Candlish Hocking
  32. Arthur Vivian Whitehead
  33. Arthur Milward Stancomb
  34. Edmund Laurence Braithwaite Lockyer
  35. George Percy Legard
  36. "Judd" (I have no good idea)
  37. Percival Scott Rickcord, (Stubbington House School)1250
  38. Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant, (Stubbington House School) 1248
  39. Marcus Knox Johnson ("Johnston" in the source)
  40. Philip Henry White
  41. Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson
  42. Archibald Charles Cole
  43. Malcolm Henry Somerled Macdonald
  44. William Henry Strickland Ball, (Stubbington House School) 1218
  45. Charles Henry Davey ("Davy")
  46. Cospatrick Philip Brooke Dundas
  47. "C. Johnston" (I have no good guess)
  48. Thomas Bodley Scott
  49. Arthur Gardiner Muller
  50. Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar
  51. Geoffrey Mackworth ("Macworth")
  52. John Smythe Harris
  53. Arthur Leslie Gresson, (Stubbington House School) 1169
  54. John Arthur Fellows, (Stubbington House School) 1166
  55. Edward Raynon Jones, (Stubbington House School) 1164
  56. Francis Mary Hodgson, 1163
  57. William Cadman
  58. John Hugh Bainbridge

The Stubbington House advertisement also indicates that J M Willcocks was 64th place with 1128 marks and P H Gordon 66th place with 1126 marks.

The Service Records of the following men may indicate that they were also part of this term:

Footnotes

  1. "Naval Cadetships". Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, (Portsmouth, England) 8 July, 1893. p. 5.

Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
1859-1869
Jun, 1859 | Dec, 1859
Jun, 1860 | Sep, 1860 | Dec, 1860 | Mar, 1861 | Jun, 1861 | Sep, 1861 | Mar, 1862 | Jun, 1862 | Sep, 1862 | Dec, 1862
Mar, 1863 | Jun, 1863 | Sep, 1863 | Jan, 1864 | Mar, 1864 | Aug, 1864 | Oct, 1864 | Jan, 1865 | Mar, 1865 | May, 1865 | Sep, 1865
Jan, 1866 | May, 1866 | Sep, 1866 | Jan, 1867 | May, 1867 | Sep, 1867 | Jan, 1868 | May, 1868 | Sep, 1868 | Jan, 1869 | May, 1869 | Sep, 1869
1870-1879
Jan, 1870 | Jul, 1870 | Jan, 1871 | Jul, 1871 | Jan, 1872 | Jul, 1872 | Jan, 1873 | Jul, 1873 | Jan, 1874 | Jul, 1874
Jan, 1875 | Jul, 1875 | Jan, 1876 | Jul, 1876 | Jan, 1877 | Jul, 1877 | Jan, 1878 | Jul, 1878 | Jan, 1879 | Jul, 1879
1880-1889
Jan, 1880 | Jul, 1880 | Jan, 1881 | Jul, 1881 | Jan, 1882 | Jul, 1882 | Jan, 1883 | Jul, 1883 | Jan, 1884 | Jul, 1884 | Jan, 1885 | Jul, 1885
Jan, 1886 | Jul, 1886 | Jan, 1887 | Jul, 1887 | Jan, 1888 | Jul, 1888 | Jan, 1889 | Mar, 1889 | Jul, 1889
1890-1899
Jan, 1890 | Jul, 1890 | Jan, 1891 | Jul, 1891 | Jan, 1892 | Jul, 1892 | Jan, 1893 | Jul, 1893
Jan, 1894 | Jul, 1894 | Jan, 1895 | Jul, 1895 | Jan, 1896 | Jul, 1896 | Jan, 1897 | May, 1897 | Sep, 1897
Jan, 1898 | May, 1898 | Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1899 | May, 1899 | Sep, 1899
1900-1906
Jan, 1900 | May, 1900 | Sep, 1900 | Jan, 1901 | May, 1901 | Sep, 1901 | Jan, 1902 | May, 1902 | Sep, 1902
Jan, 1903 | May, 1903 | Sep, 1903 | Jan, 1904 | May, 1904 | Sep, 1904 | Jan, 1905 | May, 1905 | Sep, 1905 | Jan, 1906
From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.